Stars of the Banner 2024 Celebration

A free community celebration of the 2024 Stars of the Banner winners including the 2024 Dorchester Banner Hometown Heroes. 

NEW DATE! Same Time! NEW DATE! Same Location! NEW DATE!

Come join us on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at the Gerry Boyle Park at Great Marsh for a FREE, community-wide event presented by the Dorchester Banner to celebrate all the Stars of the Banner Winners and Finalists. 

This celebration will include live music by Tranzfusion, food vendors, on-stage presentations of the Hometown Heroes awards, "Winners Circle" where Stars winners can pick up their award, exhibits from some of the Stars and finalists, door prizes and more! Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

We will be giving away a limited number of cupcakes, and food will be available for purchase from ThaiTalian Infusion Cuisine, Scottish Highland Creamery, The Red Shef, That Kitchen, Simmons Center Market, Lil' Bitta Bull Pit Stop, Mrs. Martins Cookies and K&S Lemonade. Plus, the Dorchester Chamber Foundation will have beer and wine for sale to benefit the Dorchester Chamber Foundation Scholarship Fund.

Check out the band that will be performing at the Stars Celebration, Tranzfusion, in the "Videos" section of this website.

The door prizes offered by the Dorchester Banner will feature local-themed gift items that we selected especially for the Stars of the Banner Celebration.

We appreciate the support of all our sponsors: Chesapeake Utilities, Cambridge Waterfront Development Inc., Cambridge Harbor, State Farm – Megan Holotik Agent, TreeHouse Foods, Mallard Bay Nursing & Rehab, and Hometown Heroes Sponsor Choptank Electric Cooperative. We couldn’t have put on this party without them all!

Look for the Stars of the Banner keepsake booklet online at BayToBayNews.com/Dorchester/SpecialSections.  It includes the complete list of Stars winners & finalists, in addition to this year's Hometown Heroes.  

Here's the complete list of our vendors for the evening:  

Autumn Lake at Chesapeake Woods Center
Beaver Run MHC 
Benson & Mangold Real Estate
Best Buy Supply
Brant Court Apartments
Cabin Creek Animal Hospital
Cambridge Waterfront Development Inc 
Channel Marker
Choptank Electric Cooperative
Cambridge Lighthouse Foundation
Pleasant Day Medical Adult Daycare
Dorchester Chamber of Commerce
Dorchester County Department of Tourism
Europa Salon and Spa
Glenn P. Ruark Inc. Building Contractor
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa & Marina
Johnson's Cleaning Services
Mallard Bay Nursing and Rehab
Megan Holotik - State Farm Ins.
Old Salty's Restaurant
Open Bible Church and Academy
Shattered Glass
Siri Premier Eyecare, LLC
Thomas's Fine Jewelry
Tidewater Physical Therapy
Town of Vienna
TreeHouse Foods 
Vintage Venue 

Don't miss the fun!  Bring your blanket or lawn chair and enjoy an evening of music, food, and community fun!

For information on how you can be a sponsor of the Stars of the Banner Celebration, please contact Dave Cannon at cannond@iniusa.org.